"Putting Computing into Science" Professional Development Day for Grade 6-12 Science Teachers, Dec. 7, 2011 was a huge success (Expired)

Putting Computing into Science

Professional Development Day for Grade 6-12 Science Teachers

The Putting Computing into Science Professional Development (PD) Day for Grade 6-12 Science Teachers was a huge success. It was presented by the Department of Computer Science on Dec. 7th. Many middle years science teachers and high school CS teachers from the province attended this workshop. The Saskatchewan Chapter of the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) was formally established by the end of the day.

The success of this event would not be possible without the hard work of many individuals. On behalf of the Department of Computer Science, I would like to express my deep appreciation to the following specific individuals:

Dr. Daryl Hepting who brought up this idea and was instrumental in the organization, preparation and presentation of this workshop;

Mr. Billy Hamilton, Mr. Mark Laprairie, Mr. Tim Maciag, and Mr. Brett Park, students of CS who are presenters of four sessions respectively; also, Ms. Tori Verlysdonk who, in Summer 2011, developed the material that was the basis for one session;

Dr. Howard Hamilton, Dr. Daryl Hepting, Dr. David Gerhard, and Mr. Alex Clarke who supervised or directly participated in the development of materials for the presentations;